Montreal five-piece Wave and Wire unleash a searing purge of bad blood on their new single, “Bullet.” The track opens with an echoing, subdued vocal melody hovering over a steady pulse before suddenly detonating into a frantic blast of skate-punk velocity and blown-out distortion. It pulls heavily from the sweat-drenched grit of ’90s alt-rock and Queens of the Stone Age, moving with the reckless momentum of a basement gig teetering on the edge of chaos.
Led by singer LK and drummer Bruno, the band turns the suffocating pressure of an abusive, toxic figure into pure kinetic adrenaline. The fast-paced, shouted vocal hook slices through crashing percussion with blistering clarity, demanding that poor leadership finally face the fallout of its own sabotage. Even in its most hostile corners, there is a playful, eccentric streak: the title doubles as an affectionate nod to the Quebec French slang *boulette* (meatball). That collision of furious catharsis and wry inside humor gives the track its irresistible bite.
Sometimes the cleanest way to evict a bad influence is to redline the amps and shout them into the rearview mirror. Who says an exorcism can’t carry a wink?
